Events

She Somehow Escaped the Asylum: Gender, Religion, and the Politics of Involuntary Commitment in Black Virginia

Mar512:00pm2021

Shelby Pumphrey, Vassar’s Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in African American History, will discuss Ellen Coy, a Black woman street preacher who faced a Commission of Lunacy panel in Virginia in 1898 after challenging some of the state’s most prominent Black male preachers. Vassar community only, please.

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Haiti and the Caribbean in a time of Pandemic: Reflections on the Challenges and Opportunities

Mar57:00pm2021

Location Zoom

The Vassar Haiti Project presents an esteemed panel addressing access to education, healthcare, and labor amidst the social and political turmoil facing Haiti and other Caribbean countries, and the opportunities and possibilities that lie ahead.

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Reading by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

Mar86:00pm2021

Location Zoom

Vassar’s Writer-in-Residence for 2020-2021 and the New York Times best-selling author of Friday Black will give a reading via Zoom.

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Robert Kopp: Confronting Coastal Risk in an Age of Rising Sea Levels

Mar95:30pm2021

Location Zoom

The Director of the Rutgers University Institute of Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences will deliver this year’s Pauline Newman ’47 Distinguished Lecture in Science, Technology, and Society. This is the second in a three-part series of events about global climate change and action.

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Grief and Loss Support Space

Mar163:00pm2021

Location Zoom

A virtual gathering space for all members of the Vassar community who are dealing with loss and grief—of a family member or friend, or, more generally, this challenging time. This offering is a collaboration across Counseling Service and Religious and Spiritual Life and Contemplative Practices. Facilitators are Wendy Freedman and Sam Speers.

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An Open Conversation with Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson and Dr. Robert Kopp

Mar165:30pm2021

Location Zoom

Join the Grand Challenges Student Catalysts for the culminating event in a series about global climate change and action taking place in March 2021.

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Message of Peace: The Story of Shigeko Sasamori, a Hiroshima Maiden

Mar252021

Location Zoom

On August 6, 1945, Shigeko Sasamori survived the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. Today, she dedicates her life to promoting peace throughout the world and spreading the message of Hiroshima.

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Work Prints: Eric Lindbloom’s Panoramas of the Hudson Valley

Apr87:00pm2021

Location Virtual

Moderated by Ron Patkus of the Special Collections Library, this virtual symposium accompanies the library’s online exhibition of the same title.

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A New History Called Mexico: Genealogy, Justice, Crossroads City

Apr285:30pm2021

Location Taylor Hall, Room 102

In this illustrated Matthew Vassar Lecture, Harvard University Professor Davíd Carrasco will reflect on the 500th anniversary of the encounters among Spaniards, Natives, and Africans in Mexico. Students and faculty only, please.

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EVENTS UPDATE

You will find many of Vassar's virtual events listed here.

Until further notice, the campus and ecological preserve are closed to non-essential visitors. The Poughkeepsie Farm Project, Community Gardens, and Vassar Golf Course will remain open as usual, but cordoned off from the rest of the campus. In addition, the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center will be open to the public on weekends, with access from an entrance on Raymond Avenue, just off campus.

See the College’s Spring 2021 COVID-19 Plan

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